Tag: family
member name: Gretchen Lee Bourquin
|
December 25, 2008 07:41 AM EST --
It's about 6 a.m. Christmas morning. The streets are still quiet. My son is asleep. My daughter stayed at my brother's last night. The cat and guinea pigs are quiet at the moment as well. I was . . .
more
|
|
February 26, 2008 07:07 AM EST --
Hi everyone. I want to put forth a quick survey on families. What's your household like. Mine includes myself, my seventeen year old son, my fifteen year old daughter, my cat, and my daughter's . . .
more
|
|
September 20, 2008 01:03 PM EDT --
One of my personal downfalls is that I have never been a fan of planning. I internally cringe when I'm asked at an interview "where I want to be in five years." I don't know, and I don't . . .
more
|
|
December 27, 2008 07:48 AM EST --
Today marks my son's 18th Birthday. Today, he is officially an adult. It's never been my own birthdays that made me feel older, it's been my kids.
My son skipped second grade, so he graduated . . .
more
|
|
January 24, 2009 07:28 AM EST --
Since I started my weekly blog several months ago it has been my intention to try to keep things positive as much as possible. I make life observations, relate them to my quest to balance the day job, . . .
more
|
|
October 26, 2008 09:42 AM EDT --
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -- Thomas Edison
Expectation is a driving component in just about everything we do, even when we make a conscious . . .
more
|
|
November 22, 2008 10:11 AM EST --
Yesterday, the daytime temperature dipped below 10 degrees for the first time this season in my area, and yesterday I dug my winter coat out of the closet for the first time. I was fighting it. I wanted . . .
more
|
|
June 03, 2007 08:30 AM EDT --
I'll start first with a disclaimer. I don't really measure when I make most things. I throw stuff in until it looks and tastes balanced. I'll estimate here. Keep in mind proportions, when I . . .
more
|
|
February 24, 2008 02:24 AM EST --
When I was growing up, we didn't have much. My father was out of the picture when I was two, and I was well aware of the infrequency of child support. My mother worked two jobs most of the time, and . . .
more
|
|
January 17, 2009 10:40 AM EST --
I am really looking forward to this upcoming week. I'm on vacation from the day job until January 26 - nine whole days, but it doesn't mean I don't have plenty to do. I have articles to write . . .
more
|
|
October 18, 2008 04:14 PM EDT --
I am the mother of two teens educated in Minnesota Public Schools, beginning with my son’s Headstart class when he was three and continuing into public high school and the local community college. I have . . .
more
|
|
October 04, 2008 02:24 PM EDT --
The Kitchen Table Phenomenon
The other night, I was watching the Biden-Palin debates and noticed that both candidates were trying to connect with the plight of the American people via their kitchen . . .
more
|
|
April 10, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
I snuck out my window
with my backpack
on my shoulder,
and disappeared again
into the black and starlit night
I cut through the back yard,
through the neighbor's yard,
to the . . .
more
|
|
May 31, 2007 07:43 AM EDT --
One thing I've discovered from years of yo-yo dieting and exercise programs is they have one thing in common. Too much optimism and not enough honesty. Face it, by now we know the rules. Lots of fruits, . . .
more
|
|
April 01, 2007 08:52 AM EDT --
Soon after my kids and I moved into our new apartment last month we rented Little Miss Sunshine from the $1 overnight box at Cub Foods. I wished I had caught on to this little gem before the Oscar buzz. . . .
more
|
|
August 16, 2008 01:30 PM EDT --
this blog can also be found on www.gretchenleebourquin.com/blog
This week marked the end of the writing class I was taking to help get me back in the habit of writing. So far, it's . . .
more
|
|
December 31, 2006 10:37 PM EST --
When my sister Lucy and I were little girls, we promised each other we would never let a man enslave us the way our Daddy had enslaved our Mama. I also promised Lucy I would always take care of . . .
more
|
|
August 23, 2008 12:18 PM EDT --
this blog and archives can be found at www.gretchenleebourquin.com/blog
This week I finished a book by Paulo Coelho called Veronika Decides to Die . In the book Veronika is not exactly in despair . . .
more
|
|
April 09, 2007 06:12 AM EDT --
They're just words
symbols with sounds
aligned in patterns
to create
meaning
From the time our children are born
we wait for words
watch our babies' mouths,
decipher their cries, coos and babbles . . .
more
|
|
October 23, 2008 05:56 PM EDT --
I just read the following article on Yahoo: Report: Kids Less Likely to Graduate than Parents . I was mortified. The article went on to say that the drop out rate is 25% and goals for improvement in . . .
more
|
|
|
|
